Bridle ring for supporting telephone drop wires



June 2, 1936. v F. G. RIDGERS Z BRIDLE RING FOR SUFPORTING TELEPHONE DROP WIRES Filed Oct. 5, 1934 Inventut' F. E. RIDEERS Atta 1:' nag Patented June 2, 1936 UNITED STATES BRIDLE RING FOR SUPPORTING TELEPHONE DROP WIRES Frederick George Ridgers, Hamilton, Ontario,

Canada, assignor to N. Slater Company, Limited, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, a company of Canada Application October 5, 1934, Serial No. '747,056

2 Claims.

A still further object is to provide means whereby the bridle ring will be rigidly disposed on its securing means and will not tend to oscillate on the latter in a forward or rearward direction.

Yet another object is to provide means whereby standard nail may be used as the means or securing the ring to the wall thereby reducing the cost of the complete article.

With the above and other objects in View which will hereinafter appear, my invention consists, in its preferred embodiment, of the Construction and arrangement all as hereinafter more particularly described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:-

Fig. 1 represents a. perspective View of a bridle ring constructed according to my invention showing it attached to a standard or other nail.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section through a brick wall showing my device in elevation attached thereto.

Fig. 3 is an end view of my bridle ring showing it attached to the nail.

Fig 4 is a similar view to Fig. 3 only Viewed from the opposite end, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of my bridle ring Viewed from the opposite end to that shown in Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

According to my invention my bridle ring l consists of a length of wire suitably formed by dies to provide a. nail receiving eye 2 connected by a portion 3 with a spaced apart second nail receiving eye 4, from which latter depends a loop 5 constituting a forwardly and upwardly directed hook so disposed that a plane passing therethrough is angularly disposed with reference to the portion 3 and to the nail 6 which is adapted to be inserted through the two eyes 2 and 4 with its head 'l in engagement with the forward eye 2. The portion 3 is preferably disposed parallel to the nail.

The internal dimensions of the eyes 2 and 4 are such that when the nail is inserted therethrough it will be a sufficiently tight fit therein to prevent accidental displacement of one part from the other thus enabling the device to be shipped and applied as if the two parts were of integral construction.

While my bridle ring can, of course, be attached to any wall by the nail 6 in similarfashion to certain orthodox bridle rings, it is particularly susceptible for use for applying to brick or stone walls wherein the nail can be driven into the mortar between the bricks or Stones, and owing to the rigidity of my bridle ring, such will not Collapse or be distorted during the securing operation. This will ensure the ring being firmly secured to the wall without the necessity of plugging the same which is essential in the case of screw type bridle rings or those employing a spicular projection wherein the ring, through the weakness of its construction, has a tendency to Collapse or become distorted during the securing operation which usually consists in driving in the spicular projection by means of a hammer.

I am aware that hitherto a two part device comprising a bridle ring and a spicular member extending through an eye in the ring has been devised but in such case the spicular member is provided with an intermediate annular flange which, when the member is driven into a wall, tends to spread the eye and thus the ring is almost nvariably loose on the spicular member when secured in place.

Accordingly I make no claim to a two part device broadly but only to my particular construction as recited in the appended claims.

A device constructed according to my invention, by the employment of a standard nail as a part thereof and, owing to the Simplicity of its Construction, can be readily and inexpensively abricated with a consequent reduction in cost to the consumer and moreover, will be exceedingly rigid in application and in use thus enabling it to be utilized for an infinite range of purposes.

In addition, as it is usual to galvanize these devices, in my case it is only necessary to galvanize the ring as the nail will be supplied already galvanized by the nail manufacturer.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a bridle ring for supporting telephone drop wires adapted to be secured to a wall or the like by a nail, a forwardly directed hook member having a free extremity, an eye formed on the opposite end of the hooked member to its free extremity, a rigid portion extending forwardly from the eye, and a second eye formed at the forward end of such portion, said eyes being concentric about a common axis, a plane through the hooked member being disposed at an angle to such axis.

2. In a bridle ring as claimed in claim 1 wherein the portion joining the two eyes lies substantially parallel to the common axis of the eyes and. directly connects them together.

FREDERICK GEORGE RIDGERS. 

